Only For A Moment (The McCormicks Book 2) by Elena Aitken & Elena Aitken

Author:Elena Aitken & Elena Aitken [Aitken, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Blot Communications
Published: 2017-06-04T22:00:00+00:00

The flickers and flames of the campfire mesmerized Mitch. He stared into the coals momentarily before he tossed another log on to the fire. It had been a great day. Probably one of the best in recent memory. Hell, he couldn’t remember having so much fun with Bethany. For a while, he’d even considered marrying her. That seemed like a million years ago now.

“What are you thinking about?”

They’d been sitting in silence for a few minutes. It had been an easy silence. With no pressure to talk about mundane things. Things that just didn’t matter. But he liked talking to Jade, and he welcomed the question.

“Honestly?” Normally he would never think of telling a woman what he was about to. But she just seemed different. She nodded, so he continued. “I was just thinking about how glad I am, that I met you.” In the dancing firelight, he saw something flicker across her face. But it may have just been the flames, so he continued. “And how glad I am that I knew when to get out and come back to the lake.”

Jade sat up and wrapped the blanket tighter around her shoulders. “Get out of where?”

“Out of the future that would’ve been bad for me.” There was no point going into details, especially because the more he lived in the now, the more he realized he was in the right place. Maybe even with the right person.

It wasn’t a new thought, and it wasn’t one that surprised him. Ironically, it was probably the date with Evie that concreted things for him. He had been so busy focusing on what he thought he should want, he hadn’t even seen what he needed. He was more and more sure that what he needed was Jade.

Maybe he just needed to convince her.

“I think finally, after so many years of trying something else, I’m finally back where I should be. At the lake. Something about this place fills your soul. Do you agree? Or do you think I’m crazy?”

Across from him, Jade nodded. “While I do think you’re crazy.” She laughed before she continued. “I also agree with you. As you know, I’ve never spent any time at a lake before.”

“I still think that’s a terrible shame.”

She smiled in agreement. “I only planned on spending the summer here. Just long enough to get things going with the show. After all, I’m a city girl. That’s all I’ve ever been. It’s all I know, really.”

She stared into the fire, but Mitch knew there was more. “And now? How do you feel now?”

She didn’t answer the question right away, but Mitch didn’t rush her. “Do you know when you’ve always been told one thing, and you’ve been told that thing so many times, that it is the only thing you believe to be true?”

It wasn’t really a question, but Mitch nodded in agreement anyway.

“My mother was a single mom,” Jade continued. “I never knew my father. Except for what my mom told me. That he’d ruined her life.

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